Mute holder



De@ Y9, 1924. .1,518,264

E. KRESSE MUTE HOLDER Fuga oec. 1s 1922 Patented Dec. 9, 1924.

UNITED STATES EMIL KRESSE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MUTE HOLDER.

Application filed. December 18, 1922.

I 'o CIN whom, t may conce/'nz Be it known that I, EMIL Kulisse, a cil ixen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful In'iprovements in hflute .I'Iolders, of which the following is a speeilication.

My invention relates to mute holders adapted for use on string musical instruments such as a violin, viola, cello, etc., and has for its object to provide a holder which will hold a mute in a conycnient position on the instrument and to construct it so that, when holding the mute, it will cause no vibrating or chattering tones.

This object, and other adifantageous ends which will be describedhereinafter, l attain in the following manner, reference beingl had to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure l is a plan view of a violin having my invention applied thereto,

Figure 2 an enlarged side elevation of a mute holder constructed in accordance with my invention,

Figure El a view similar to in section, and

Figure 4 a perspective view of a spring clip which forms a part of my invention.

Referring to the drawings, l is a violin,

Figure 2 partly 2 a bridge, 3 the strings passing over the bridge and connected to one end of a tailpieee 4, the other end of which. is held by the rviolin in the usual manner. A U--shaped .spring clip 5, made from a strip of metal is secured to the tail-piece by screws 6, and includes supporting legs 7 having an integral bent spring body S between the legs of the U. The spring body is preferably bent at its center inwardly toward the tail-piece so that the bent part will engage the center prong of a mute 9, and the part of the spring body near the supporting legs will engage the side prongs of the mute and thereby hold it in position.

Serial No. 607,474.

lVhen playing the violin and it is desired to play intervening parts with a mute. theA mute may be very easily slipped from lthe spring clip and placed on the bridge. Liliewise when it is desired to play ii'ithont the mute, clip without changing the holding position of the violin.

IVhile have described my invention as taking a particular form,

it will be under stood that the various parts of my ini'ention r.

may be changed without departing` iii the spirit thereof, and hence I do not linut invself to the precise construction set forth, consider that I am at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. The combination with the tail piece of a stringed instrument, of a U-shaped spring strip, having its legs secured to the tail piece, bent centrally between the legs for iolding a mute between its prongs.

2. The combination with the tail piece of a stringed instrument, of a U-shaped spring strip, iaving its legs secured to the tail piece, bent between the legs inwardly toward the tail piece for holding a mute lietween its prongs.

3. A mute holder bent from a strip of metal into U-shape and having the ends of the legs of the U bent outwardly to form at taching parts and the center part of the U bent between the legs for holding a mute between its prongs.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence ot. two subscribing witnesses.

EMIL KRESSE.

Witnesses GEORGE A. Gross, Giras. E. Por'rs.

the mute can be slipped on the spring r 

